Happy Women’s Day! A poster from China in 1960, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the day. pic.twitter.com/8CW21TJAjR
— Tong Bingxue 仝冰雪 (@tongbingxue) March 8, 2018

In recent years, International Women’s Day has been celebrated primarily as another consumer holiday in China, with many women getting half a day off work in an effort to boost spending. Official media celebrated the day by displaying images of women in traditional roles or as icons